The words issue up from the stones and soil, sing in the river's current...

-Bill Hotchkiss

Blue Oak Press is Calling for Submissions

They Rise Like A Wave: An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets

Blue Oak Press has begun accepting submissions for They RiseLike A Wave: An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets which will be published in Spring 2020. The anthology’s goal is to, in this troubling political and cultural era, share a true American perspective of origins and lifestyle that defies any current effort to constrict the definition of American. We earnestly seek to create an anthology that celebrates our religious, ethnic, cultural, gender, and political diversity. We also hope that our anthology is one drop in an inevitable wave that pushes back against the recent rise of racial and religious intolerance in America.

Blue Oak Press (BOP) of Northern California (blueoakpress.media) is preparing They RiseLike A Wave: An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets (2020). The editors are Christine Kitano and Alycia Pirmohamed.

You are invited to submit a poem or poems for inclusion in our anthology. Below this invitation are the requirements for submitting your work. There is no fee to submit your work. Each selected poet will receive a contributor’s copy.

Our anthology’s goal is to, in this troubling political and cultural era, share a true American perspective that defies any current effort to constrict the definition of American. We earnestly seek to create an anthology that celebrates our cultural, ethnic, religious, and political diversity. We will be including both emerging poetic voices and established Asian American women poets. We hope that our anthology is one drop in the inevitable wave that pushes back against the recent rise of racial and religious intolerance in America.